This sounds very interesting (EWBX):
EarthWeb Launches New Business-to-Business Hub For IT Industry
March 15, 1999 8:40 AM EST
Combines Commerce, Career and Other Services With Deep Technical Content
New Hub Provides Access to EarthWeb's Multiple Sites and Services
New Acquisition GoCertify.com Added to EarthWeb Sites
NEW YORK, March 15 /PRNewswire/ -- EarthWeb Inc. (Nasdaq: EWBX) today launched a new business-to-business online hub for the global IT industry. The new Web portal site, Earthweb.com (http://www.earthweb.com), provides a single point of access for a range of business-to-business services and rich technical knowledge bases, all tailored to the unique needs of the $1 trillion Information Technology (IT) marketplace.
"The new site provides a simple, well organized entry point into EarthWeb's deep technical content and services for all IT professionals," said Jack D. Hidary, President & CEO of EarthWeb. "Earthweb.com makes it simpler than ever to connect buyers to sellers, employees to employers, and IT professionals with technical experts and knowledge. They can spend less time researching a subject and more time actually putting the technology to work."
"Time-to-market is a critical factor in IT success," said Dave Mathison, Vice President, Global Syndication at Reuters New Media. "I require independent, unbiased research and analysis from experts in this fast-moving sector, and I need it now. A central IT hub eases and speeds the technical due-diligence phase, allowing me to quickly move on to implementation."
EarthWeb has been providing online services to the IT sector since 1995 when it launched Gamelan, the official Java directory. The company now provides 14 sites offering e-commerce stores for technical software and books, the industry's most extensive collection of reference and technical content, and online career solutions.
"The goal is to make the world of Information Technology as connected as possible, so it works more efficiently," added Mr. Hidary. "Now there is a single place to go to find content that's not biased by any single vendor's interests. Building this portal makes it faster for IT people to find just the right expert, product or service they need."
EarthWeb provides over 500,000 pages of vendor-independent expert knowledge on numerous areas of Information Technology. The Company recently increased its content base by indexing and archiving all the computer-related discussion groups on Usenet along with the 30,000+ edited discussion threads that already exist on EarthWeb sites.
The Web has proven the perfect delivery vehicle for new types of commerce and service initiatives. Some of the more established examples -- online retail stores and job boards -- are very popular with Web-savvy IT professionals. EarthWeb recently strengthened its position in this area with the acquisition of Dice.com (http://www.dice.com), the premier online technical recruitment board.
The Company also recently acquired GoCertify.com (http://www.gocertify.com), the most authoritative source of information on IT career-enhancing certification programs. GoCertify.com features over 290 technology certification programs from industry leaders including Microsoft, Cisco, Novell, A+ and Oracle.
"The match between EarthWeb's IT community and GoCertify.com's training and certification mission couldn't be better," said Anne Martinez, Founder of GoCertify.com. "Together, EarthWeb and GoCertify.com will be able to provide IT professionals and newcomers to the computer field unparalleled training and certification resources."
On the retail sales front, EarthWeb has partnered with BarnesandNoble.com, Computer Literacy and Beyond.com for sales of technical books, training materials and software, respectively.
EarthWeb is a publicly held company with headquarters in New York City. Flagship services to IT managers and other technology professionals include Earthweb.com, Datamation, developer.com, ITKnowledge and dice.com.
This press release may be deemed to contain forward-looking information. Any forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements, including statements as to industry trends, future economic performance, anticipated profitability, anticipated revenues and expenses, and products or service line growth, may be significantly and materially impacted by certain risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, failure to meet operating objectives or to execute the operating plan, competition, and other economic factors. SOURCE EarthWeb Inc.
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